End-gate.



PATENTED JUNE 30, 1908.

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APPLICATION FILED APR. 11, 1907.

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W1 TNESSES panying drawings,

EARL O. KIDD, OF HEARTWELL, NEBRASKA.

END-GATE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 30, 1908.

Application filed April 1.1, 1907. Serial No. 367,582.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EARL O. KIDD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Heartwell, in the county of Kearney, State of Nebraska, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in End-Gates; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and eXact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to improvements in end-gates, and it aimsto provide an extremely simple, durable, and efficient device of thatnature, which may be readily attached to and detached from the sides ofa wagon-body, and without necessitating the use of a transverse rod anda nut or nuts for locking it in place thereon when attached.

To this end, the invention consists in the construction, combination,and arrangement of parts, all as hereinafter more fully described,specifically claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich like parts are designated by corresponding reference numerals inthe several views.

Of the said drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of the rear end of awagon-body provided with an end-gate constructed in accordanee with thepresent invention. Fig. 2 is a detail view of the end-gate, the casingof one of the locking-bolts being partly broken away. Fig. 3 is anenlarged detail view, partly in section, of one of the straps with whichthe locking-bolts engage.

Referring more particularly to the accomthe numeral 5 designates,generally, the wagon-body, each of whose sides 6 carries at its rear enda metal strap 7 in the shape of a closed loop, the side members of thestrap lying in contact with the side faces of the wagon sides, as shownin Fig. 1. To facilitate the attachment of the straps to the wagonsides, the bottom of the wagon-body is cut-away at its rear corners.

Disposed between the sides of the wagon is the end-gate 8, which isreinforced at opposite sides by plates 9 and 1.0, each of the formerbeing provided with a horizontallydisposed bolt-casing 11, in which aspringactuated bolt 12 is fitted, the arrangement of the springs beingsuch that the bolts are normally pressed toward the adjacent straps. Thestrengthening plates 9 are further provided with upper and lowerlaterally-projecting hooks 13, which are engaged in eyes 16 formed onthe looped straps, when the endgate is in place. When in such position,the outer ends of the s )ring-pressed bolt are re eeived in horizontaopenings 14, which are formed through the sides of the straps andthrough the wagon sides, each bolt being of such length as to projectslightly beyond the outer face of the outer member of the correspondingstrap. The bolts are retracted from the position above described bymeans of handles 15, which are formed on their innor ends.

In attaching or removing the end-gate, it is only necessary to retractthe locking-bolts within their casings when the end-gate may be liftedbodily into or out of place.

While it is preferable to provide a pair of hooks 13 upon each of thereinforcing plates 9, one hookalone may be provided upon each plate, thecooperation of the hook with the spring pressed bolt preventing anyaccidental displacement of the end-gate.

The casings, in which spring-pressed bolts 12 are disposed, arepreferably formed integral with the plates 9.

IVhat is claimed, is-

The combination, with the sides of a wagon-body, of avertically-disposed looped strap fitted upon each wagon side adjacentthe rear end thereof, the side members of each strap having openingsregistering with an opening formed horizontally through each wagon side,to provide a continuous horizontal passage, an end-gate disposed betweenthe wagon sides, reinforcing plates secured to each side of the end-gateupon opposite ends thereof, a horizontally-disposed boltcasing formedupon each, outer reinforcing plate, a spring-pressed bolt disposedwithin each casing and projecting through the opposite ends thereof, theouter end of each bolt being adapted to extend yieldably into thecorresponding horizontal passage, a laterallyextending hook formed uponeach outer reinforcing plate, and an eye formed upon the adjacent strapfor engagement therewith.

In testimony whereof, I a'flix my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

EARL C. KIDD. l/Vitnesses:

J. A. CoNYERs, J. M. MCQUILLAN.

